Today’s all-out assault by the combined forces of Canada’s powerful environmental movement on the so-called dirty oil of the oil sands has its precursor in recent history. The present environmental movement cut its teeth with its incursion into Canadian forestry, once the dominant resource extraction industry in Canada. Environmental activists, NGOs and foundations presented forest certification as the solution to the international campaign launched against the forestry industry in the 1990s. Grab a coffee.
That took three cups of coffee but it was worth it. As is often the case the real story is the part that s missing, the part that didn't happen. I'm talking about resistance from the forestry industry. They all followed along like sheep, in some cases tripping over each other to be the first to please their eventual executioners.
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